Very quietly I take my leave 8 D" d$ }4 ?: a/ ? A5 l1 s
As quietly as I came here; 2 t7 ^0 |# X/ b; Y, k- Q$ JQuietly I wave good-bye 1 T4 C$ t- _: E" }1 {. I: \To the rosy clouds in the western sky. - X0 X: c4 D- ~$ m
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The golden willows by the riverside 3 f$ Q! w/ L2 _8 ^8 O6 n4 c
Are young brides in the setting sun; 0 g; `$ b9 N' t, V
Their reflections on the shimmering waves 5 A% m" \: A6 C; N, a4 E$ e. ]. K
Always linger in the depth of my heart. 5 I- f7 x% V4 c9 m4 B+ ~0 u
, v5 m" V# O M8 v* G4 u0 n+ {The floating heart growing in the sludge & ]7 S# L9 S5 {Sways leisurely under the water; - D, T5 B" Y) X
In the gentle waves of Cambridge 4 W- |" F h3 K8 c# [
I would be a water plant! 4 f/ a# x, X T8 K& ^
* q1 S8 v; R* SThat pool under the shade of elm trees # k4 l+ b, L1 @4 w' l% @Holds not water but the rainbow from the sky; 7 ~- N& _# I/ w
Shattered to pieces among the duckweeds 1 F% f8 ]1 t& WIs the sediment of a rainbow-like dream? 0 `* n4 O; |) v8 _4 b& g
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To seek a dream? Just to pole a boat upstream + o# p2 u# [9 K+ W9 ~To where the green grass is more verdant; / ~9 s! c5 k9 V6 H( Q& G; a
Or to have the boat fully loaded with starlight $ E4 B6 S3 o1 A) DAnd sing aloud in the splendor of starlight. % u: v, R- R( O
' `3 @( v. }% w" EBut I cannot sing aloud / Q8 o, y# a8 ?- c. C" [
Quietness is my farewell music; 4 }- ^, ?- G6 c8 VEven summer insects heap silence for me + Q; O. c) _2 B2 Q' O
Silent is Cambridge tonight! ; j3 l* Q- _' x& y
! C2 P0 `: v& b! p4 H, p" GVery quietly I take my leave 2 S0 v2 F% [' s% i3 G* Y* _( p- R
As quietly as I came here; # y! G; n. k r+ \Gently I flick my sleeves 7 s2 {; Q( n2 P3 g' y. K/ x
Not even a wisp of cloud will I bring away